<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/westmont-news/westmont-gets-new-high-tech-equipment.html" dsn="news"><pubDate>10/18/2012</pubDate><title>Westmont Gets New High-Tech Equipment</title><excerpt>Westmont has installed a new Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectrometer in the Whittier Science Building thanks to a $383,000 grant from the Fletcher Jones Foundation. The new 400 MHz spectrometer, which replaces a 300 MHz spectrometer that had reached the end of its 14-year life expectancy, allows researchers to peer into the molecular world and determine the structure of molecules.</excerpt><author>Westmont</author><image>
            
            <img src="/_migrated-binaries/sites/default/files/blogs-legacy/2012/10/NMR-505x336.jpg" alt="Junior Aleah Bond and Dr. David Marten with the new NMR"/>
        </image><caption>Junior Aleah Bond and Dr. David Marten with the new NMR</caption><description>1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...</description></item>